Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19484, John Garnett, Continental (N.Y.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.Y.)
Garnett, John Garnet
W 19484
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

May 21, 1906
St. Louis

Garnet, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1894, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 93.
Rank: Private.
Regt: Artillery.
Disability: Wounded, and lost two fingers at the taking of Fort Montgomery.
When disabled: October 6, 1877.
Residence: Goshen.
Remarks: This man continued to the end of the war.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court incomplete, viz: No evidence of his quitting the service. No examination of surgeons.

1836 4
Report
New York
Elizabeth Garnett dec d .
Widow of John Garnett who was a pensioner under the Act of Invalidity and who died on the 28th Feb. 1829 of Orange Co. the State of New York who was a Master in the Company commanded by Captain Morris of the Reg t commanded by Col. Lamb in the Revolution time for 2 y. and
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Nov r 1842 and sent to Alex. Ray Esq. Present
Total amount, $ Payable to Elizabeth Garnett only child living [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. Ransom Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 159

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1829. to 28 Sept 1830 the day of his death - Age Notified 17. Jan y 1839
New York.
John Garnet Private $5, increased to $8. by law of 24 April 1816
Capt. Moody's Company, Lamb's regt. Artillery
Certificate issued 20 Apl. 1826, and sent to Jeromus Johnson, Esq; City of N. York.
Died July 28 1830
Inva.

FREE
The Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington

New York 17 th April 1820
The hon ble John C Calhoun Esq o
Sir
It is necessary for the pensioner to have a Certificate from your office before he can Receive his pay here at our loan office, and by affidavit enclosed you will see that John Garnet is a pen- sioner and has never Received his certificate from the office;
Your very Humble S r Jeromus Johnson
if it should prove correct that John Garnet is entitled to a certificate; Please to Enclose the same with the papers now forwarded to the office —
J. Johnson

State of New York Orange County } ss: I James W Wilkin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that Nathan Stark was on the fifteenth day of March last a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County Commission'd & sworn and duly authorised by law to administer oaths &c - And further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice & do verily believe that the signature of "Nathan Stark" to the annexed affidavit of John Gamitt and the Power of Attorney, subscribed is the proper hand writing of the said Justice. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 15 th day of April 1820.
James W. Wilkin Clerk By Jas M c Clintock Deputy Clerk

State of New York ss Be it known that Orange County before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Garnett and made oath that he is the iden- tical John Garnett to whom a pension of Five dollars per month was heretofore granted as an Invalid of the United States and that by virtue of a late law of the Congress of the United States he is now entitled to and for about two years did actually draw and receive a pension of eight dollars per month on account of wounds and disabilities received and incurred in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War. That he has never to his recollection received or had in his possession a certificate on account of said pension it not having been neces- sary in order to draw his pay - That lately as he has been informed his friends have taken measures to procure such certificate but for reasons to him un- known have not as yet obtained it. That he served in Captain Andrew Morris's Com- pany in Lieutenant Colonel Lamb's regiment of Artillery at the time he was disabled. That he now resides in the town of Goshen County aforesaid and has resided there for about ten years last
past Subscribed and sworn to this John his Garnett 10 th day of March 1820 before mark Rev. Nathan Root Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents that I John Garnet an Invaid and Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby en- stitute and appoint Simonas Johnson of the city of New York my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in the State of New York my Pension from the fourth day of September A.D. 1867 to the fourth day of March next following. Witness my hand and seal this 16 th March 1880 Sealed and delivered in the presence of John his X Garnet mark. Nathan Hatch
Be it known that on the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1880 personally appeared John Garnet above named and to me well known to be the person described in and who executed the above power of at- torney and acknowledged the same to be his free act and voluntary act In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16 th March 1880 Nathan Hatch Notary Public

I know all men by these presents that Elizabeth Garnet the widow of John Garnet late of Goshen in the county of Orange in the State of New York deceased who at the time of his death was a Revolutionary invalid pen- sioner according to the laws of the United States Do hereby constitute & appoint Morris Robinson of the city of New York my true & lawful attor- ney for me and my name to receive from the a- gent of the United States for paying pensioners in the State of New York at the city of New York the pen- sion due my late husband at the time of his death to wit from the fourth day of September 1828 to the twentyeighth day of February 1829 at the rate of Eight Dollars per month according to the original certificate herewith annexed
Witness my hand & seal this second day of June 1831
her Elizabeth Garnet incle
Sealed & delivered in the presence of H W Elliott
State of New York & Orange County ss
Be it known that on the second day of June
1831 before the undersigned a justice of the peace of said county personally appeared Elizabeth Gar- net to me known as the widow of John Garnet late a revolutionary invalid pensioner and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year above written & that the said Elizabeth Garnet in my opinion cannot write her name
H W Elliott J. Peace

Orange County } / Horace W Elliott being duly sworn doth depose & say that at the date of the within certificate he was an acting jus- tice of the peace in & for said county & that the within appointment of Attorney was duly executed before him by Elizabeth Garnet at the date therein expressed H W Elliott
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 th day of August 1855 F. A. Hoyt justice peace
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That F. A. Hoyt Esqr before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said F. A. Hoyt and verily believe that the signature to the said  affidavit of the said Affidavit is genuine.
IN Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 26 th day of August 184 5
J. C. Wallace Clerk

State of New York } ss Orange County } ss
On the first day of October  November 1838 personally ap- peared before me the undersigned one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Elizabeth Gannett a resident of Goshen in said County and State aforesaid aged 77 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oaths make the fol- lowing declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- visions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows. That she is the widow of John Gannett who was an invalid pensioner as appears by an Invalid certificate dated April 20 1820 late in her possession that he was private soldier in Captain Adonaijah Duryea's Company Col. Lamb's Regt of Artillery that he was in the service in 1778 & wounded at Fort Montgomery but for the length of service she refers to the records in the War Department. She further declares that she was married to the said John Gannett by Judge Mawin in the county aforesaid on the 16 day of January in the year 1792 that her husband the aforesaid John Gannett died on the 28 day of February 1829 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving service but the marriage took place previous to the first of Janu- ary 1794 viz at the time above stated. That she is blind & cannot write & that she has remained a widow since his death. That her name before marriage was Elizabeth Dye
"October" erased "November" interlined "company" interlined "the county aforesaid" inter Elizabeth her Gannett mark Sworn & subscribed the 1 st Nov 1838
before me J. W. Elliott Judge of Orange Com Pleas
I certify that the above Elizabeth Gannett from bodily infirmary in my opinion can not attend the session of the court & that she is a credible person J. W. Elliott Judge of Orange Com Pleas

STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That, A. W. Elliott _____ before whom the foregoing Affidavit _____ was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said A. W. Elliott and verily believe that the signature to the attest  Attest of said Affidavit  He is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Twenty Sixth day of August 184 5.
J. C. Wallace Clerk

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Elizabeth Larue Widow of Schuyler Aug 29. 1878, NY
act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794 husband died 1829 Claimant died 17 Oct 1813
Pay Roll Aug 1778 Col Lamb Capt. Muder John Gannet paid 107 from 100 77 23 - 75 also from captinity
On Roll Nov 1779 more than 2 years service

State of New York } Thomas Knight of the town Orange County } of Wallkill in the County of Orange and State of New York age Eighty five years and upward being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Garnett in his life time that the said John Garnett was at the time of his death a prisoner of the United States for crimes he committed in the Revolution - That his wives name before marriage was Elizabeth Dye - That the said John Garnett had a family of children but the deponent cannot tell how many they were a poor ignorant class of people and for many years the old man and his wife were town paupers chargeable to the town of Goshen Sworn to and subscribed this 1 st day of August 1845 before me and I certify that he is a credible witness Thomas his Knight mark John C. Wallace Justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That B. W. Covvins _____ before whom the foregoing Affidavit _____ was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace _____ in and for said county; and further, that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said B. W. Covvins _____ and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit of said Affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 2 6th day of August 1845
J. C. Wallace Clerk

State of New York, ss On this 22 d day of July one Orange County, Thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Johnathan S Garnett now a resident of the Town of Mount Hope County of Orange and State of New York aged forty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the Pensions due to his mother Elizabeth Garnett at the time of her death under the act of July 7 th 1838 that he is the son of John Garnett and Elizabeth Garnett that as he has been informed and believes his father John Garnett was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served in the New York line of the Army - and belonged to Col John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery and served in the same Regt more than two years and as the declarant always understood him when living to say that he served five years in Col Lamb's Regiment of Artillery and was wounded in several places in his body - he was wounded by a stroke with a cutlass in the face which split open his jaw most severely was wounded with a bayonet in the neck which passed through just above the collar bone and came out just above the shoulder blade he was also wounded in the stomach with a bayonet he also lost a finger on each hand and at the time of his death was an invalid Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty six dollars per year - This declarant has no documentary evidence of his father's services in his possession but relies on the evidence already in the pension office in the case of his father to sustain his

That his father John Garnett was married to Elizabeth Dye as his third wife as the declarant has been informed and believes on the sixteenth day of January seventeen hun- dred and ninety two by S th Warren an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange The issue from the said marriage according to the knowledge of the declarant was Elizabeth John and Priscilla and Clarissa older than the declarant who are all now dead then the declarant and after this declarant was born Sally, Joshua and Fanny and this declarant does not know that any of them is living That John Garnett died on _____ day of 18_____ in the County house of the County of Orange and State of New York - and that after the death of his father his mother Elizabeth Garnett lived a widow until her death which took place on the 17 th day of October 1848 in the County house of the County of Orange and State of New York That they were not married previous to his last term of service but was married previous to the last first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. As at the time before stated This declarant believes that the certificate of his father has been returned to the Pension department That he has no documentary evidence of his father and mother's marriage but in his possession nor does he know of any but relies on the proof that may be produced to sustain his claim That his mother at the time of her death had not received the pension which

was due to be under the act of July 7 th 1838 That application was about to be made for his previous to his death but from ill health was prevented from making a declaration I was to and subscribe the day and year last before mentioned
Phillipson Judge } Jonathan S. his Gannett of Orange Co - Com, } mark Plea Courts
State of New York / ss I certify that Johnathan Orange County S Gannett who made the foregoing declaration in my opinion should be believed as a lawful fact should be given to the foregoing declaration made by him. And from personal examin- ation I think from his being lame he should be excused from attending the court of records of the said county. He signs his name by making his mark
Phillipson Judge of Orange Co - Com, Plea Courts
the
yes.

was due to her under the act of July 7 th 1838 That application was about to be made for her previous to her death but from ill health was prevented from making a declaration I was to and subscribed the day and year last before mentioned
S. Fullerton Judge } Jonathan S. his Gannett of Orange Co. Com. } mark Plea Courts
State of New York } I certify that Jonathan Orange County } S. Gannett who made the foregoing declaration in my opinion should be believed and full faith should be given to the foregoing declaration made by him. And from personal examina- tion I think from his being lame he should be excused from attending the court of records of the said county. He signs his name
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That S. W. Fullerton _____ before whom the foregoing Affidavit _____ was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Judge of Orange Com Pleas Courts in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said S. W. Fullerton and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit of said App't is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Ninth day of October 1845
J. C. Wallace Clerk

State of New York / 1845 Orange County On this fourth day of October 1845 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Joshua Conklin a resident of the town of Goshen County and State aforesaid aged seventy five years and upward and made oath as follows That he was born in Suffolk County on Long Island and lived there until he was fourteen years of age when he with his father and the rest of the family moved to the place where this deponent now lives and where he has ever lived since the time he left the Island as before stated. That soon after his parents moved to Goshen his father Nathaniel Conklin was elected a Poor Master in and for the said town and continued to act as such for many years That after his father went out of office as Poor Master for said town this deponent was elected to serve as Poor Master in his place which according to the best of his recollection was about thirty eight years since That he was well acquainted with John Garnett and his wife Elizabeth at Prescott to January Seventeen hundred and ninety four and knew them to be living to- gether as husband and wife for many years afterwards That they were very poor people and a town charge while he was acquainted with them that he well recollects his father having a great deal of trouble with them while he was Poor Master and of his bringing out sever- al of their children of which they had several whose names according to his best recollection was Elizabeth John Pamelia Clarissa Jonathan

Sally Joshua and Fanny - Joshua he recollects the old man said he called after this deponent That the said John Garnett was an immoral personage of the United States. That he never heard it doubted but that the said John Garnett and Elizabeth were husband and wife and this deponent always believed them to be husband and wife according to law and that they were married previous to the first day of January 1794. That he did not see them married nor does he believe there is any documentary evidence of their marriage to be found That they lived on his father's premises for several years and were partially supported by the town That they were an ignorant class of people and he does not recollect of ever seeing any record either public or private in their possession of their marriage and he does not believe there is any and further he saith not Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Chas H. Smith Justice } of the Peace of Essex County }
Joshua Conklin
I certify that I am well acquainted with Joshua Conklin who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and I know him to rank amongst the most respectable class of people in the place where he resides and I unhesitatingly subscribe to the foregoing affidavit with a full belief of the truth of the same
Chas H. Smith Justice

State of New York } ss Joseph Brewster of the Orange County } town of Goshen in the County and State aforesaid aged forty three years of age Keeper of the Poor for the County of Orange being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he finds on the record of Poor for said County Mrs Garnett aged sixty nine years July the twelfth One thousand eight hundred and thirty one from the town of Goshen transferred from the town poor house also finds Elizabeth Garnett on the record of said County Poor December the first 1833 Goshen aged seventy one years That he finds on the records of deaths for the said Poor house said Elizabeth Garnett of the Depen- tary October 17 1845 1846 October Fourteen Eighteen Hundred and forty three Sworn to and subscribed this 10 th day of October 1845 before me And I certify that he is a credible witness Chas. H. Smith Justice of the Peace of said County } Joseph Brewster Keeper of the County Poor
State of New York } ss John M. Martin of the Orange County } town of Mount Hope in the County and State aforesaid aged forty seven years and upwards deposeth and saith being first duly sworn. according to law That he was well acquain- ted with Elizabeth Garnett widow of John Garnett That some time about the last of the

year 1838 he found the said widow Garnett in the Poor house of the County of Grange who then and there informed this deponent that she had made a declaration before Judge Elliott in order to obtain a Pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 1838. That in August 1843 this deponent again saw the said Elizabeth Garnett in the said County house who then informed him that she had not yet obtained a Pension. This deponent soon after wrote out a declaration and sent Judge Cook of Grange Common Pleas to execute the said declaration. He found her unable to make a declaration and did soon after that the accompanying declaration was was afterwards made by her son Jonathan Garnett and when the papers were being executed for the purpose of sending them to the Pension Office Judge Elliott informed this deponent that he still had in his possession the declaration originally made by Elizabeth Garnett. This deponent further saith that he then took from Judge Elliott the said declaration and when it was certified sent it with other vouchers to the Department at Washington. That this deponent further upon his oath says that since the fall of 1838 until the present day he has been searching for records records - of the Marriage of John Garnett and Eliza - beth Dye and has not been able to find any records either public or private of the said marriage or the birth of their children and he further says that he does not believe there is any records of said Marriage in existence and he produces the county poor house records of her being in said Poor house and to show

That the age of said person agrees with the declarations made by the said Elizabeth Gannett and her son Jonathan Gannett. That this depon- ent was acquainted with John Gannett who was said to be the son of John and Elizabeth Gannett and was well acquainted with Jonathan Gannett who made the accompanying declaration thirty years since and was likewise acquainted with Sally and Fanny Gannett and always under - the impression that all the above mentioned children were the issue of John and Elizabeth Gannett. He further deposes and says that he was and has been intimately acquainted with Lee How- ell who made oath of the marriage of John Gannett and Elizabeth Dye for twenty seven years and that he knows the said Lee Howell to be a man of good moral character and of strict truth and veracity has never heard his word doubted either when under oath or otherwise. He further says that they the said Gannetts were a very ignorant lot of beings and very poor does not believe that any of them could either read or write and does not believe that they ever had any written record of any kind in the family. That he has searched the whole Marvin family as far as he could ascertain and cannot find any record of marriage as kept by Ebenezer Marvin in his life time over which he saith not sworn to and subscribed this 4 th day of October 1845 before me and I certify that the said Marvin is of a good moral character and his oath is to be believed John M. Norton
Chas. H. Smith Justice of the peace of said County }

STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Chas H. Smith before whom the foregoing Affidavits were subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Chas H. Smith and verily believe that the signature to the said Appts. is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Ninth day of October 184 5
J. C. Wallace Clerk

This Indenture made this Twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirteen between Joshua Conkling & Samuel Durland Overseers of the poor of the town of Goshen in the County of Orange and state of New York of the first part & Issa W Jackson & Elisabeth his wife of the same place & it witnesseth that the said Overseers of the poor by and with the consent of Stephen Jackson & Edward Ely - Esquires two of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Orange dwelling in the said town of Goshen have by these presents placed and bound Fanny Garnet a poor girl of said town of the age of Six years the Sixth day of May last past to be an Apprentice with them the said Issa W Jackson & Elisabeth his wife to dwell with them from the date of these presents until the said Fanny Garnet shall arrive to the age of Eighteen years according to the statute in such case made & provided during all which time and term the said Fanny Garnet her said master & Mistress will and faithfully shall serve in all such lawful business as the said Fanny Garnet shall be put unto by the command of her said master and Mistress according to the power and ability of her the said Fanny Garnet & honestly & orderly Obediently in all things shall behave herself towards her said Master & Mistress and honestly and Orderly towards the rest of the family and the said Issa W Jackson & Elisabeth his wife on their part for themselves their Executors & Administrators do hereby promise & covenant to & with the said Overseers and for the said Fanny Garnet that they the said Issa W Jackson & Elisabeth his wife the said Fanny Garnet shall teach instruct & inform or cause to be taught instructed and Informed in the mystery of domestic Economy after the best manner they can and the said Issa W Jackson & Elisabeth his wife shall cause the said Fanny Garnet to be taught to instructed to read & write & shall also during all the said term find and allow unto the said Apprentice sufficient meat Drink Apparel washing Lodging and all other things needful or meet for such an Apprentice in such manner that the said Apprentice shall not at anytime during said term be in any way a charge to the said

said town of Goshen or the Inhabitants thereof and at the expiration of said term the said Asa W Jackson & Elizabeth his wife shall give unto the said Fanny Garnet a new bible and a good full suit of Sunday clothes besides her every day wearing Apparel Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands & seals the day and year first above written
Witness Present
John D Jackson
Joshua Conklin William Durdan
(Asa W Jackson)
Eliza Jackson
We Stephen Jackson & Edward Ely two of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Orange dwelling in the town of Goshen before mentioned do hereby declare our Assent to the binding the above named Fanny Garnet an Apprentice to the above named Asa W Jackson & Elizabeth his wife according to the form and effect of the above written Indenture given under our hands this twenty seventh day of October 1813
Stephen Jackson Edward Ely Justices
I Fanny Garnet the above named Apprentice do hereby acknowledge full satisfaction for all and singular the requirements and engagements of Asa W Jackson and Eliza his wife to be performed toward me in the above indenture mentioned
Dated Mount Hope 7 May 1825
Witness Henry Lehman Susan Eliza Jackson
Fanny Garnet

Fanny Carnets Indenture

State of New York Orange County
Asa W Jackson a resident of the town of Mount Hope in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty one years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was acquainted with John Garnett and Elizabeth his wife and that when he knew them they lived in the town of Goshen That the foregoing indenture was made by the Poor Masters of the said town with the consent of two of the Justices of said town binding to this deponent and his wife Fanny Garnett the youngest child of the aforementioned John and Elizabeth Garnett - That when the said Fanny was bound to him he lived in the town of Goshen where he resided until in 1818 when he moved to the town of Mount Hope where he still resides That the said John and Elizabeth Garnett had several children older than Fanny but how many he cannot tell Sworn to and subscribed this 6 day of October 1845 before me Asa W Jackson
J. McMillin Just of the peace
I certify that Asa W Jackson is a respectable citizen of Mount Hope and his truth and veracity is not to be doubted
J. McMillin

STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That B. W. Corwin before whom the foregoing Appt was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said B. W. Corwin and verily believe that the signature to the said Appt is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Ninth day of October 184 8
J. C. Wallace Clerk

V 12154 Elizabeth Garnet NY
Widow to J. W. Martin 22 Sep. 1845. to same Nov. 6. '45.
act 7 July 1838

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 19484 Elizabeth Garnett Widow of John Garnett Matron Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 d 1873
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 264
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1913 Elizabeth ... 1913 1913 1913 1913 1913 1913

State of New York } On this 24 th day of August Orange County } One thousand Eight hundred and forty seven personally ap- peared before the Undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid William Bennett of Hamptonburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York aged Eighty Six Years to me known to be a man of truth and veracity and who is to be believed being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well ac- quainted with John Garmett who at the time of his death was an invalid Pensioner of the United States at Fifty Six dollars per annum and was also acquainted with Elizabeth his wife that he was known to the said John Garmett Entering into the service of the United States in the early part of the war that at that time the said Garmett lived near where this deponent lived he recollected that previous to his enlisting into the service of the said Garmett having a number of slaves had among which there was one which was much larger than the rest and which this deponent bought and paid a sum for it that after the war the said Garmett returned to Goshen where this deponent lived that he was very much scarred with wounds received while in the Army. He further saith that in the year I need not remember and mind as this deponent then being a married man hired a tenant house of a man by the name of Jesse Bull in Oxford in the town of Bloomington in the County of Orange and State of New York and moved into the same about the first of April of said year That during a part of the year for which he hired the tenant John Garmett made his home with this deponent and worked amongst the neighbors at such work as he was able to work at such as threshing and chopping small wood at the house to keep fires hard heavy work

he could not do. We further saith that the said Garnett boarded with him in January One thousand Seven hundred and ninety two and a part of this or about the threshing out the crop of grain raised the year previous by the aforementioned Life Bull. That on Monday evening the sixteenth day of January One thousand Seven hundred and ninety two this deponent (through the invitation given him on the day before it being Sunday by the said John Garnett) went to the house of Seth Warner a fisher of the year in and for the said County then living in Oxford in the town of Hingham in the County of Orange and State of New York and in there and then saw John Garnett aforesaid married to Eliza his wife and heard them pronounced husband and wife according to law by Seth Warner then an acting Justice of the peace as aforesaid. The reason why he recollects distinctly that it was the sixteenth day of the month and on Monday is that Garnett was at his house on Sunday when he invited his deponent to the wedding and it was remem- bered in the family that it was just the middle of the month. The reasons why he recollects that it was in the year One thousand Seven hundred and ninety two is that he only hired a house of the said Bull one year and a part of the year 1792 was inclu- ded in that from the first of January till the first of April following. We further saith that his oldest child Phoebe was born on the 26 day of January 1792 and the wedding was a few days previous to the birth the delicate situation of his wife at that time prevent- ed her from attending the wedding as she would have another reason why he remembers the time is that in the month of October of same year he had a brother married whose name was Johnathan. We further saith that he has a record of the age of his daughter Phoebe in the family Bible which Bible is in her possession and she is now living.

in the State of Michigan that when she left home She took the old family Bible with her in preference to a new one. Her father says that he is not mistaken in his mind that the marriage of John Garnett and Elizabeth Clark took place he knows that it was on the Monday the sixteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and he knows that he saw the aforesaid parties joined together in the presence of a few individuals in the house of Seth Warren and that the ceremony repeated and they pronounced her lawfully wedded wife by the aforesaid Seth Warren who was legally authorized to perform the marriage ceremony. Her father saith that he knows that it was the same John Garnett that he knows to enlist in to the United States Artillery in the war of the rebellion that the said John and Elizabeth Garnett as both deceased. This deponent further saith that he was old enough to do military duty in the Re- bellion but was excused from the same on ac- count of being near sighted. And further he saith that he saw and subscribed the day and year before mentioned before me
Chas H Smith Justice of Peace

in the State of Michigan that when she left home she took the old family Bible with her in preference to a new one. Her further says that he is not mistaken in the time that the marriage of John Garnett and Elizabeth took place he knows that it was on the Sunday the sixteenth day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty two and he knows that he saw the aforesaid parties joined together in the presence of a few individuals in the house of Seth Marvin and heard the ceremony repeated and they pronounced them joined together by the aforesaid Seth Marvin who was legally authorized to perform the marriage ceremony. His further says that he knows that this was the same John Garnett that he knows to enlist in the United States Artillery in the war of the rebellion. That the said John and Elizabeth Garnett are both dead. This deponent further says that he was old enough to do military duty in the rebellion but was excused from the same on account of being near sighted. And further he says that I was sworn to and subscribed the day and year before my name before me.
Chas H Smith Justice of Peace William Brownett
STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss. I, ALBERT S. BENTON, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Orange, do hereby certify, That
Chas. H. Smith before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 24 day of August 1847 A. S. Benton Clerk.

No 12154 Ad 43 9377 Elizabeth Garnett ad widow of John NY
act 7 May 1838
Accts 2 years Matrop $100 00 per ann
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 payable to Jonathan Garnett only surviving child of Elizabeth Garnett ad
Accts act 3 March 1843 $100 00 per ann
from 4 March to 17 Oct 1843 the day of her death payable to the Jonathan Garnett her only surviving child
Descendants Reg Exp Pension

Pension Office
November
1847
Sir
The paper imparting to be a family  of them and their  daughters presented by you as evidence of their

Affidavit for proof of marriage in the affidavits of Elizabeth Gannett widow of John Gannett of Orange County New York for a pension under the act of 1835
John Gannett
August 27 1835

State of New York / ss On the 10 th day of Decem Orange County / ber 1846 personally appeared before the Court of Common Please in and for the said County being a Court of Record John W. Martin of the town of Mount Hope in the County and State aforesaid = and aged forty nine years to me known and who is to be believed in his statements made being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say That diligent search and enquiry has been made to ascer- tain who of the children of John and Elizabeth Garnett were living at the time that the said Elizabeth Garnett died That after diligent search has been made he this deponent is satis- fied that Jonathan Garnett was the only heir of the family living when the said Elizabeth died That the said Jonathan is still living That the deponent has known him for more than thirty years and knows that he was owned and acknowledged by John Garnett and his wife Elizabeth to be their son That John Garnett was in his life time a Pensioner of the United States That his widow Elizabeth had a declaration made to present to the pension department for the purpose of obtaining a pension but which this deponent believes was not presented until after her death And further he saith not Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year above mentioned
John B. Walum Clerk of Orange Common Pleas. 3 John W. Martin

Payment to be made at
Albany
by
J. W. Allen
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Albany
New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 76
H. D. Rumph Clerk.

War Department.
Widow's Pension.
3rd March, 1843.
March 1843 June 17, 1844
I certify that in conformity with the acts of
Elizabeth Parne H, daugh of New York, widow of John Parne H, who was a Master ,
and died on the 28 th day of Feb. 1829, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One hundred dollars and _____ cents per annum commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1843 , unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which
case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. Pay to Jonathan D. Parne , only child Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 rd day of Nov.
one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York ss On the 11 th day of December Orange County 1846 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record Joseph Brewster of Goshen in the County and State aforesaid aged 45 years to me known as a man of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the Keeper of the Orange County Poor House and that Elizabeth Garnett at the time of her death was a resident in said house that he finds on the records of deaths in said Poor house that Elizabeth Garnett died on the 17 day of October 1843
That he made oath to the same fact sometime since before Charles Smith a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Subscribed & sworn before Me in Open Court Joseph Brewster
This 11 th day of December 1846. J B Wallace Clerk of Orange County Edlen.

Report
Sub to Alex. Ray, May 29. '48
New York 8277 Albany
Elizabeth Garnett dec. widow of John Garnett N.Y. who was a Matron in the Revolution
Her death occurred 28 Feb. 1829
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. and terminating 17th Oct. 1843, when she
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Nov. 1843 and sent to
Alex. Ray Esq. Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W Vol. 2 Page 76 Payable to Mathew T. Garnett the surviving child

State of New York } On this second day of June Orange County } One thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Deborah Case a resident of Goshen in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty nine years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she was the daughter of Ishmael and Mary Wood of Middletown in the County and State aforesaid That her father was a large landholder in the said town on which was several tenements which he commonly hired out to poor people or those who had no houses of their own She further saith upon her oath that she was well acquainted with John Garnett and Eliza- beth his wife in their life time That she well recollects that when she the deponent was in the fifteenth year of her age in the month of February One thousand eight hundred and Ninety two John Garnett and his wife Elizabeth whose name before marriage was Elizabeth Dye came from Goshen to the father of said Elizabeth on a visit this was about two or three weeks after the said John Garnett and Elizabeth Dye were married That James Dye the father of said Elizabeth then lived as a tenant on the deponent's father's premises and soon after the said John and Elizabeth came to Mr Dye's they paid a visit to the father of the deponent who hired a house to the said John Garnett who moved into it the following spring and lived there two years That they were very poor and the said John Garnett from wounds received during the Revo- lutionary war was not able to work so as to gain a livelihood They lived near to the deponent's father and that she almost daily carried provision for

Garnetts wife to recollect upon that the the deponent well recollects that after the said John Garnett moved on to her father premises that he bought a pig which he killed and which Elizabeth as she understood at the most of it that afterwards the said Elizabeth was confined and had born to her a daughter which they called Clarra this daughter was well formed except one arm which was formed a shaped like a pigs leg and foot which afterwards come off and left the child with but one arm This circumstance she recollects well that on a certain day as usual she carried over to the house of the said Garnett a plate of victuals for his wife when she entered the house she found Mrs Garnett a crying on as -being her what was the cause of her crying she said that Clarra had lost her arm on examining the child she found that the pigs leg had come off and Mrs Garnett had carefully laid it away This depo- nent then took the said arm or whatever it might be called into the Garden and buried it This was in the fall just after the deponent had entered her seventeenth year. She knew that the said John Garnett and Elizabeth were living together as husband and wife in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and that they lived together as such until the death of the said John Garnett and that Elizabeth Garnett remained his widow until her death which took place in the fall of 1843. She recollects that it was in 1792 that Garnett come to live on her fathers premises from the circumstance that when John Garnett and his wife Elizabeth come to her father to hire a house she was the spinning flax with a bound girl in the family. That when she
had just entered her fifteenth year her mother

garnet and no wife to  come  to  her  father to hire a house she was the spinning flax with a bound girl in the family - That when she
had just entered her fifteenth year her mother set her to spinning and that she with the bound girl done nothing but spin during the winter and she knows that this was the same winter previous to John Garnetts coming to live on her fathers premises - That the said John Garnet from the wounds he had received was so infirm that he was unable to do any hard work and only would work a little in the garden or do some other light work That he was not a Pensioner of the United States when he came to her fathers premises, but she knows he was a pensioner of the United States before he left there. His deponent was married Born on the seventh day of October One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the day after fort Montgomery was taken by the British and was married in November 1795. and she is sure that she knew John Garnett and Elizabeth Garnett living to
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
Albert S. Benton
I, THOMAS WATKINS , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Horace W Elliott before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 3 rd day of June 1847
A. S. Benton Clerk
who made and subscribed the foregoing I am satisfied that his statements are entitled to full credit and belief
H.W. Root Justice of Peace

gained also as wife Elizabeth come to her father to hire a house she was the spinning flax with a board girl in the family - That when she
had just entered her fifteenth year her mother set her to spinning, and that she with the board girl done nothing but spin during the winter and she knows that this was the same winter pre- vious to John Garnett coming to live on her father's premises - That the said John Garnett from the circumstances he had received was so informed that he was unable to do any hard work and only would work a little in the garden or do some other light work That he was not a Pensioner of the United States when he came to her father's premises, but she knows he was a pensioner of the United States before he left there. This deponent was married Born on the seventh day of October One Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the day after fort Montgomery was taken by the British and was married in November 1795. and she is sure that she knew John Garnett and Elizabeth Garnett living to- gether as husband and wife more than three years previous to her this deponent's marriage and she knows that the said John Garnett and Elizabeth were living together before he was pensioned by the United States This she is sure of and that they had one child previous to his becoming a pensioner Sworn to and subscri- bed the day and year before mentioned before me Deborah Cope
H. W. Elliott Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with Deborah Cope who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and I am satisfied that her statements are entitled to full credit and belief
H. W. Elliott Justice of the Peace

State of New York ss On the 23 day of February Orange County 1847 personally appeared
before me Deborah Housin a Sister of the Decease in and for the County aforesaid Thomas Hought of the town of Wallkill in the County of Orange and State of New York aged Eighty six years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Garnett a soldier in the war of the Revolution and belonged to Capt Andrew Woodys company of Artillery in Col John Lambes Regiment. This deponent knew the said John Garnett at Fort Montgomery when this deponent was then doing duty as a Sergeant in the militia he was well acquainted with Capt Woodie and Col Lamb and with John Garnett That he was doing duty at Fort Mon- -gomery when it was taken but was not in the Fort at the time as out on a scout He knows that the aforesaid John Garnett was then doing duty at that time and was taken prisoner and was also wounded That he knew the said John Garnett after the war that he knew Elizabeth Dye before she was married she lived in Goshen with Dr Wickham and others was a girl who worked about in different families when she was married to John Garnett she worked in Oxford near where the parents of this deponent lived He did not see the said John Garnett and Elizabeth Dye married but understood that they were married by Esquire Mason in Oxford He is satisfied from memory that he knew them living together as husband and wife previous to 1794 They were very poor and had several children The names of some he recollect There was John Jonathan Priscilla and Fanny that he knew John Priscilla and Fanny are dead For many years the family received support from the different towns in which they lived and after a County House was built a part of the family went to reside in said house John Garnett

and his wife Elizabeth and Prescilla all died in the County House Elizabeth Dye had a sister by the name of Lucy who married a man by the name of Patrick - He did certainly know that John Garnett of Capt Wooders Settlement and Elizabeth Dye of Goshen lived together for a great many years as husband and wife and he never heard their marriage celebrated and he knows Elizabeth Garnett who died in the Orange County Poor House to be the same person who lived with John Garnett of Wooders Settlement at the time of the said Garnetts death - This deponent in former years was a merchant and John Garnett often was at his house and some times traded with him and they often recited to each other the tales of their adventures during the Revolution This deponent makes his mark having some years since been thrown from his carriage and hurt in his arm and from having the palsy sworn to and subscribed this day and year before written before me his
Thomas Wright mark David S. Conover Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been acquainted with Thomas Wright who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit for many years I know him a man of good repute in the neighborhood where he lives and is to be believed is of a good mind & clear in his statements
David S. Conover Justice of the Peace
181 I, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Middletown, this 10th day of March, 1811. DAVID S. CONOVER, Clerk. BY ME, JOHN H. VAN BRUNT, Deputy Clerk. OFFICE OF THE CLERK, MIDDLETOWN, ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.

and his wife Elizabeth and Presulter all died in the County House Elizabeth Dye had a sister by the name of Lucy who married a man by the name of Patrick - He did certainly know that John Garnett of Capt Wooders Settlement and Elizabeth Dye of Goshen lived together for a great many years as husband and wife and he never heard their marriage doubted and he knows Elizabeth Garnett who died in the Orange County Poor House to be the same person who lived with John Garnett of Wooders Settlement at the time of the said Garnetts death - This deponent in former years was a merchant and John Garnett often was at his house and some times traded with him and they often recited to each other the tales of their adventures during the Revolution This deponent makes his mark having some years since been thrown from his carriage and hurt in his arm and from having the palsy I swear to and subscribe this day and year before written before me his Thomas & Knight mark David S. Corwin Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been acquainted with
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
Albert S. Winton
I, John B. Winton , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That David S. Corwin
before whom the
foregoing affidavit
was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the
same, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county; and further, that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit
is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County,
the
3 rd
day of
June
1847
A. S. Winton Clerk

State of New York { ss Orange County
On the 18th day of October 1847. Personally appeared me before the Undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid David Hulse of the Town of Mount Hope in the County and State aforesaid to me known as a man of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that according to his  my estimate he finds 1792 was leap year and that the 16th. day of January of that year was on Monday, That he believes his estimate is correct and further more this deponent sayeth not sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me.
D. Hulse
Minerva Blyburn Justice of Peace

State of New York { ss Orange County
On the 18th day of October 1847. Personally appeared me before the Undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid David Hulse of the Town of Mount Hope in the County and State aforesaid to me known as a man of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that according to his  my Estimate he finds 1792 was leap year and that the 16th. day of January of that year was on Monday, That he believes his Estimate is correct and further more this deponent
STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, { ss.
I, ALBERT S. BENTON, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Orange, do hereby certify, That
Richard Blizzard before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 20th day of October 1847
A. S. Benton Clerk.

Sept 14 47 Add to
Elizabeth St Kurnat wid of John
price
at 1/2 do N.Y. Sept 10
James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Mount Hope N.Y. Sept 10 1847
Sir
I have the honor to forward to you the enclosed testimony in relation to the marriage of John Gornett and Elizabeth Dye and the certificate of the Court as required by your last letter to me
The affidavit of William Bennett testi- fying to his knowledge of the marriage was given in a clear and distinct manner and his reasons given for recollecting the time and circumstances were given very clearly. Mr Bennett is a man of good character and standing in society where he lives which is certified to by the Justice. You will please give this as early an examination as possible and forward the result to me
With the greatest Respect I am Sir your obedt John W Martin
Hon J L Edwards C J

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 11 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the Widow of John Garnet, an Invalid Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars and Cents per month  annum, under the law of the , has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1829, to the 28 th Sept. 1830, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Alison K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
W-26953 Jan 1839

May 24 47
The S. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington dc
Eliz Gannett pa_

Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Co Pa
May 18 th 1847
Dr Edwards Esq
Sir
It appears an attempt has been made by a Mr Martin of Mt Hope NY to draw the pension due Elizabeth Garnett - with what success, appears doubtful to Jonathan Garnett her son, who requests me to write this. He seems to suspect the integrity of Mr. Martin and therefore wishes to know whether he has or has not drawn any money from the Department on the strength of Mrs Garnett's claim
Yours Respectfully
James L Mayne

Mount Hope New York Oct 8 45
Dr Sir
Your letter dated Sept 22 45 was received per me. In that letter you say that that the evidence of the marriage of John Garnett and Elizabeth Dye on the 16 of January 1792 is not sufficiently proved. I have been acquainted with the widow of John Garnett for several years and when speaking of her marriage she was al- -ways clear in stating the time she was married. She has no record of her marriage or of her children's birth and I have searched from the town of Bloomingrove in Orange County where Mr Garnett lived to Elmira in the County of Chemung (N.Y.) where some of his family resides for documentary evidence of said marriage but cannot find any thing that shows the said marriage.
I herewith send you the affidavits of several respectable persons with such record of the family that I can find. I hope it will be satisfactory.
Yours with Respect &c
John W. Norton
Hon James L Edwards Counsel of Pensions

Sept. 1. 1845
Abel & Co. Clear
Eliz. Garnett.
War Department Pension office Washington City

In the matter of the Widow of John Garnett a Pension affd. in open Court
Ms. A. 9. 2. 22. 11

State of New York  Orange County } ss In the second day of June Common Pleas } One thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County in open Court being a Court of record John W Martin a resident of Mount Hope in the County of Orange and State of New York aged forty nine years a man of truth and veracity, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was acquainted with John Garnett for his life time and Eliza beth Garnett his wife that he knew them living together as husband and wife and that the said John Garnett at the time of his death was a Resi- -der of the United States that he died in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine left a widow whose name was Elizabeth who lived a widow until her death which took place on the seventeenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty three That this deponent has made diligent search and he finds there is but one of the family living whose name is Johnathan S Garnett The said John Garnett was pensioned for services rendered in the war of the Revolution The said Garnetts were a very poor people believes they never kept any records of the family some died in the County house while some died of Intemperance until all are dead except their son Johnathan S Garnett who now lives and is a cripple and further he saith not Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above mentioned
Subscribed & sworn before me, this second day of June 1847 John W Martin Matthias Pierce

State of New York } Orange County ss: }
I Albert S. Grenton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county do hereby certify that the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn to in open Court, and that the facts set forth in the said affidavit are established to the satisfaction of the said Court. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscri- bed my name and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County this 3 rd day of June 1847 — A. S. Grenton
Clerk

Letter Hon. L. Edwards

Mt Hody New York June 3 1847
Sir
Inclosed is the affidavits in the case of Elizabeth Garmett widow of John Garmett who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as a Matron in Capt Andrew Crosson Company of Artillery Col James West. I hope that those affidavits with those already procured will prove satisfactory. Mr Case a woman of sterling veracity and integrity concurs with out reserve or equivocation that she knew John & Elizabeth Garmett living together as husband and wife in nineteen hundred and Ninety two, and gives as reason why she recollects it is from the very fact that she began to learn to Spin Yarn in the fifteenth year of her age and that it was during that winter that they first called at her fathers house as husband and wife. Another fact from which the Commissioners can judge of the truth of her statements is that he was pensioned while he lived on her principles fathers premises. I presume that the correctness of this statement can be ascertained from proof already in the Pension office - Already there is on file the affidavits of Lee Howell and Lucy Patrick who swear that they were at the wedding and saw the said John Garmett and Elizabeth Dye married on the 16 January 1792 with the clear and unreserved statements made by Mr Case I hope the evidence will prove satisfactory. Please give this an examination at as early a time as may be convenient.
With Respect I am Sir Your Obedt Servt
John W. Norton
Hon J. L. Edwards Esq

State of New Jersey / p Lee Howell of Stillwater Sussex County in said County aged sixty four years being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was a native of Bloomington in Orange County New York and that when a young man was well acquainted with John Garnett and Elizabeth Dye and that he was present when the said John Garnett and Elizabeth Dye were married That they were married at the house of Seth Marvin in the town of Bloomington and according to the best of his recollection on the sixteenth night of January sixteen hundred and thirty two by Seth Marvin then an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County That he saw the said parties married and was acquainted with them for many years after their marriage and knew them living together as husband and wife and he knew the said John Garnett in his life time to be a Deacon of the United States Sworn to and subscribed before me this nineteenth day of August Lee Howell 1843 I certify that that Lee Howell is a creditable witness My Clerk Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that W m Clark Esq r before whom the foregoing affi- -avit was made & taken was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sussex in said State duly appointed, commissioned and sworn

that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestation and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said William Clark
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Vinton in said State this thirtieth day of August A.D. One thou- sight hundred and forty five.
Charles T. M. Cladney
Seal of State

Mt Hope Orange Co New York
Augt 24 45
Dr Sir
Accompanying this is the declaration and proof in the case of Elizabeth Garnett widow of John Garnett claiming a pension for said Garnetts service in the Revolution Please give this case as early an examina- tion as your business will admit of and report to your Obt St John M Martin
Hon James L Edwards

Conway N.H. 30th Jan. 1847.
Dear Sir,
enclosed I forward you 4 affidavits which to sustain the application of Jonathan Gannett for pension or rather to get pay under the pension law growing out of services rendered by John Gannett during the Revolutionary War. I hope they will upon examination give you the necessary evidence to satisfy you of the justice of the claim.
I have the honor to be yours etc &c
J. H. Earle
Hon. J. H. Edwards } Postmaster } Conway N.H.

Oct 25 '47
Addressee
Elizabeth Agnes Garnett
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Washington Oct 23. 1847
Sir,
In the case of Elizabeth Barnett de p . widow of John, an applicant for the act 7 July 1838: I have received the enclosed additional evidence of marriage with a request from J. H. Martin Esq. of Morristown New York, that I should submit it for your consideration.
I discover by your letter of the 2 nd inst now before me in this case, the claim turns upon the period of marriage, and I understand you require William Bennett to state some satisfactory reason, or some date why he fixed upon the day of Jan y 16. 1792 as the time of marriage? But it appears by the affiant's additional deposition herewith enclosed, to have been given entirely from recollection or memory. But there is an important point in Bennett's affidavit, which fully and more clearly in my opinion establishes the fact, that the marriage took place in 1792. The affiant, as I understand in a former deposition on file, states, that his brother Jonathan marriage took place the fall subsequent to that of John Barnett , which is, as you will readily admit to be, sufficient data to fix the time of marriage in 1792 , and before the 1 st Jan y . 1794 .
The Certificate of the marriage of Jonathan Bennett is also enclosed.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
I remain Sir With Honor. A. S. May

Jan'y 5 48
John Barnett ad
act 15 May 1828
8277-43
81 Pals of Union
James L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department

Washington Jan y 4. 1847
Sir,
I herewith enclose you, a declaration made by the only surviving child of John Barnett Esq. in whose right a claim is now asserted for the benefit of the act 15 Dec r 1828: The application in the allowance of the widow's claim act 1836 New York agency is referred to.
I am very respectfully Your most. Serv t Alex. N.ay
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

State of New York Orange County } ss
Horace W Elliott be- ing duly sworn doth depose & say that in November 1838 he did take the declaration of Elizabeth Gernant in order to obtain the pension due her on account of the services rendered by her husband John Gernant in the Revolutionary war & who died on the 28 th day of February 1829 and although it was a matter of public notoriety that they were law- fully husband & wife & although I had known them as the parents of quite a large family of children as early as 1801 or 1802 yet no legal proof of the marriage was not then to be found the matter was neglected until lately when the proof of the marriage of Elizabeth Dye to John Gernant was obtained sworn before me
the 20 January 1847
H W Elliott
J. A. Hays Judge of County Courts & Justice of the Peace
For which not certified to record

State of New York Orange County } ss
Horace W Elliott being duly sworn doth depose & say that in November 1838 he did take the declaration of Elizabeth Gernant in order to obtain the pension due her on account of the services rendered by her husband John Gernant in the Revolutionary war & who died on the 28th day of February 1829 and although it was a matter of public notoriety that they were lawfully husband & wife & although I had known them as the parents of quite a large family of children as early as 1801 or 1802 yet no legal proof of the marriage was not then to be
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, {
Albert S. Minton
I, JOHN S. WADSWORTH, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That Frederick A Hoyt before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Frederick A Hoyt and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 21 st day of January 1849
A. S. Minton Clerk
Mr North had certified said to Minton

I H. M. Hopkins, do hereby certify that I am the clerk of the Session of the First Presbyterian church in Goshen County of Orange, New York, and that I have the custody of the records of said church. And that I find on said record the Marriage of Jonathan Barnet to Abigail Smith on the seventeenth day of November, Seventeen hundred and Ninety two. By the Rev. Nathan Kerr the then Pastor of said church. 18. Married Nov. 17 th 1792 Jonathan Barnet & Abigail Smith.
I H. M. Hopkins, above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk, of the Session of the First Presbyterian church in Goshen Orange County New York aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said church, with the exception above named, as certified by me. Given the 11 th October 1847 before me H. M. Hopkins Clerk of the Session of the 1 st Presbyterian Church Goshen Orange County New York J. W. Elliott Justice of the Peace

I H. M. Hopkins, do hereby certify that I am the clerk of the Session of the First Presbyterian church in Goshen County of Orange, New York, and that I have the custody of the records of said church. And that I find on said Record the Marriage of Jonathan Bennet to Abigail Smith on the seventeenth day of November, Seventeen hundred and Ninety two. By the Rev. Nathan Kerr the then Pastor of said church. Married Nov. 17 th 1792 Jonathan Bennet & Abigail Smith.
I H. M. Hopkins, above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk, of the Session of the First Presbyterian church in Goshen Orange County New York aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said church, with the exception above named, as certified by me. Given the 11 th October H. M. Hopkins Clerk of the
STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, ALBERT S. BENTON, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Orange, do hereby certify, That
Horace W Elliott before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 14 day of October 1847
A. S. Benton Clerk.

State of New York Orange County ss:
I Albert S Benton Clerk of the County Court in and for the said County, Do hereby Certify that at a term of the said Court held at the Court House in Newburgh on the 24 th day of August 1847, on testimony duly taken in open Court, it was made Satisfactorily to appear to the said Court, that John Garnett who was a Pensioner of the United States, died on the 28 th day of February 1830. That he left a widow whose name was Elizabeth Garnett, who re- mained a widow until her death, which took place on the 17 th day of October 1843, and that she left surviving her one heir, whose name is Jonathan S Garnett, who resides in the town of Minisink in the County of Orange and State of New York. That the said John Garnett and Elizabeth his wife, at the time of their death were Residents of the said County of Orange. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County the 10 th day of September 1847
A. S. Benton Clerk

Declarations
J. J. Garnett

State of New York } On this 17 th day of Decem- Orange County } ber 1847 personally appeared before the undersigned an Associate Justice of the Court of Sessions in and for the County aforesaid Jonathan S. Garnett a resident of said County and State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration (In right of his deceased father John Garnett who was an invalid pensioner of the United States and died on the 28 th day of February 1830) in order to obtain the ben- efit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed May 15 th 1828 That he entered the Army of the Revolution and served to the end thereof as a private or Matross in Col. Lamb's Regiment of Artillery and received his land bounty from the United States and from the State of New York, as a war- man And in right of his father the said John Gar- nett He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and further states that his deceased mother Elizabeth Garnett has been admitted to the act July 7 th 1838 as the widow of John Garnett and for whose services a pension has been granted at the rate of One hundred dollars per annum from the 4 th March 1836 to the 17 th October 1843 when she died And the claim is hereby asserted in right of said John Garnett by the only surviving child as will appear by the evidence on file for the act of 1828 from the 6 th March 1826 to the 28 th February 1830 when he died Sworn to and subscribed by making his mark the day and year above mentioned before me
J. H. Hoyt Justice of Peace Jonathan S. Garnett & Associate Justice of Sessions

STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, ALBERT S. BENTON, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Orange, do hereby certify, That
Frederick A. Hoyt. before whom the foregoing was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Frederick A. Hoyt. and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 29 th day of December 1847
A. S. Benton Clerk.
Declarations J. J. Gurnee

State of New York } Orange County } William H. Norton a resi- dent of the town of Wallkill in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he was acquainted with John Garnett who was an invalid prisoner of the United States and who former- ly resided in the town of Goshen in said County. That many years since he had become by marriage one of the children of John and Elizabeth Garnett whose name was John who served with the de- ponent until he was twenty one years of age when the written indenture was surrendered to the father of said John Garnett and the deponent has not since seen it. That he cannot say in what year for certainty that the time of said indenture expired in his service nor how old he was when he received him into his employ- but before the boy had been absent some time he returned to the de- ponent and the deponent hired him which according to the day books kept by the deponent at that time was on the first day of October 1819 and reads as follows By work from first of Oct 1819 to the twelfth of August 1820 - two months and ten days at $7.50 per month - That the deponent previous to his being twenty one years of age was an apprentice to his uncle Christian Norton in the village of Goshen in the County of Orange and State of New York and served such apprenticeship at the silver smith business until he was twenty one years of age which service expired on the 22 nd day of October 1819. That previous to his apprenticeship being out he used John Garnett to be living with Elizabeth Garnett as his wife and of their living together in the town of Goshen and further he saith not. Sworn to and subscribed the 6 th day of October 1845 before me
William M. Reeve Justice of Peace William M. Reeve

I certify that I am well acquainted with William Hunter who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and I know him to rank amongst the most respectable class of citizens of the County in which he resides and I unhesi- tatingly subscribe to the same William W. Reeve

I certify that I am well acquainted with William H. Hutton who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and I know him to rank amongst the most respectable class of citizens of the County in which he resides and I believe
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William W. Reeve before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said William W. Reeve and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Ninth day of October 184 5
J. C. Wallace Clerk

State of New York } On this 25 th day of January 1847 Orange County } Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Lucy Patrick aged Seventy Six years of age a resident of Rockland in the County of Sullivan and State of New York but now on a visit in the town of Mount Hope County of Orange and State aforesaid to me known as a woman of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say That she is the sister of Elizabeth Garnett now deceased - That her name before marriage was Lucy Dey That She was present at the marriage of John Garnett and her Sister Elizabeth Dey That they were mar- -ried by Seth Marvin an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County then living in the town of Bloomingrove That they the said John Garnett and Elizabeth Dey were married in the presence of the deponent and she saw them married in January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety two (1792) and ac- -cording to the best of her recollection on the Six- teenth day of the month She knows that it was in January 1792 that they were married because her self was married in 1793 and the said John Garnett and Elizabeth were married the year previous She says she is perfectly satisfied and is sure they were married in 1792 That they had several children and she knows of none living except Jonathan That the said John Garnett was a Prisoner of the United States at the time of his death and died on or about the 28 th day of February 1829 - That the family of said John Garnett were very poor and lived a good many years at the expense of the public That they had no education and she does not believe that there is any record evidence of any kind to establish proof of their marriage

This deponent has no record of her own marriage but she knows that she was married in 1793 and that her sister Elizabeth was married the year previous and that is was in Lanes. That this deponent was a poor girl and at the time that John Gannett and his sister Elizabeth was married she was living in the family of Abiel Young a near neighbour of Esau Gannett and that she went from said Youngs to Marions to see the afore mentioned parties married and did see them married and they lived together as husband and wife until the death of said John Gannett. That her sister Elizabeth Gannett is now dead and died in 1843. This deponent was married to Moses Patrick in the town of Bloomington afterwards lived in Goshen for several years then moved to Minnisville lived there several years then moved to Deer Park then to Mount Hope all in Orange County and lastly to the town of Rockland Sullivan County where her husband has since died and where this deponent now lives. She further says that she never was taught to write and makes her mark and further she saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed by making her mark the day and year last before mentioned
before me
Lucy X Patrick mark
David Corwin
Justice of Peace

This deponent has no record of her own marriage but she knows that she was married in 1793 and that her sister Elizabeth was married the year previous and that it was in Lanesburg. That this deponent was a poor girl and at the time that John Garmett and his sister Elizabeth was married she was living in the family of Abiel Young a near neighbour of Esopus Marboro and that she went from said Lanesburg to Marboro to see the above mentioned parties married and did see them married and they lived together as husband and wife until the death of said John Garmett. That her sister Elizabeth Garmett is now dead and died in 1843. This deponent was married to Moses Patrick in the town of Bloomingrove, afterwards lived in Goshen for several years then moved to Minnisburg where she lived several years then moved to Deer Park then to Mount Hope all in Orange County and lastly to the town of Rockland Sullivan County.
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
Albert S. Morton
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That David S. Corwin before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 26 th day of January 1847
A. S. Morton Clerk

State of New York } ss On this ninth day Orange County } of October One thousand eight hundred and
forty seven personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid William Bennett a resident of Hamptonburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York age Eighty six years to me known to be a man of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that his former affidavit made in relation to the marriage of John Garnell and Elizabeth Dye was true, and that the marriage took place at the house of Seth Marvin in Bloomington in the County and State aforesaid and that this deponent was present and saw the said parties married and that it was certainly on Monday evening the sixteenth of January One thousand seven hundred and ninety two as stated in his former affidavit he is sure that it was on Monday evening and on the day of the month and in the same year that he has mentioned above. He further says that he has no record of the birth of his oldest child or of any of the rest of his family his daughter having as before stated carried his family record to the State of Michigan. That he does not know in what part of that State she lives in. He further deposes and says that he has no record or account nor article to show that he lived in a house belonging to Jesse Bull in 1792 although he did live in a house belonging to said in that

year He did not have any article in relation to hiring the house nor did he keep any written accounts at that time and therefore he swears from memory but he is sure that he is correct in his statements. In his former affidavit he swears that Jonathan Bennett was married the fall subsequent to the marriage of John Garnett he again deposes that Jonathan Bennett was married to a girl by the of Smith by the Rev Nathan Kerr some time in the fall of the year 1792 and subsequent to the marriage of John Garnett and Elizabeth Dyer. He again repeats that he knows and is sure that John Garnett was married to Elizabeth Dyer on the evening of Monday the sixteenth day of January One thousand eight hundred and ninety two and previous to the first day of January One thousand seven hundred and ninety four. The above deed entered before subscribing Sworn to and subscribed the day and year before mentioned. William Bennett Chas. Hoskins Justice of Peace

year He did not have any article in relation to hiring the house nor did he keep any written accounts at that time and therefore he swears from memory but he is sure that he is correct in his statements. In his former affidavit he swears that Jonathan Bennett was married the fall subsequent to the marriage of John Garnett he again deposes that Jonathan Bennett was married to a girl by the of Smith by the Rev Nathan Kerr sometime in the fall of the year 1792 and subsequent to the marriage of John Garnett and Elizabeth Leye. He again repeats that he knows and is sure that John Garnett was married to Elizabeth Leye on the evening of Monday the sixteenth day of January One thousand eight hundred and ninety two and previous to the first day of January One thousand eight hundred and ninety four. The word Leye, interlined before subscribing.
STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, ALBERT S. BENTON, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Orange, do hereby certify, That
Charles H Smith before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 20 th day of October 1847
A. S. Benton Clerk.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Garnett, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7193 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 3, 1791 to Samuel Gale, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.